Hard Drive Formatting Guide
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9.Hard Drive Formatting Guide
Dual 3.5” RAID Enclosure w/Fan USB 3.0 & eSATA Interface
Please make sure your External Enclosure is turned on and connected to the PC
before formatting the Hard Drive.
In order to use a disk volume larger than 2 TB’s, you will need an operating system that supports
GUID Partitioning Table. Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP 64bit, Mac 10.4, and Mac 10.5 all
have this capability through the GPT. The GUID partitioning scheme has the ability to partition both
internal and external drives far beyond 2 TB’s in size.
STEP1: Right-click “My Computer” and select “Manage”.
For PC Users:
STEP2: Select “Disk Management” and you will see your Hard Drive shown as “Unallocated”
(Disk number may vary)
